My latest for FT Alphaville. The US jobs market is hot - but not for everyone. That helps explain Biden's ratings: ft.com/content/9893f0…

Some swing states have seen price-levels grow faster than wages since 2021, even if real wage growth has returned nationally 1/3

Terrifyingly good piece by John Thornhill on #AI , Israel Defense Forces and #Gaza ft.com/content/f6c1b6… via @ft

Ukraine's biggest power plant has been demolished: ft.com/content/e6a88a…

My jungle safari with a difference: exploring the UK’s #retrofit industry which is growing from the ground up but needs a national coordinator so residents know whom to trust and what to do to make homes more sustainable (also on FT Weekend this Saturday)
on.ft.com/3UbUXPf

US Central Command says Washington has transferred “5,000 AK-47s, machine guns, sniper rifles, RPG-7s and over 500,000 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition to the Ukrainian armed forces” that it seized from Iran while being transported to Houthi fighters.

Nearly a third of Latin American adults would like to move permanently to another country and a third of those would pick the US...'Social media both increases people’s aspirations to migrate and makes it much more possible' Michael Stott Sam Joiner and team ig.ft.com/darien-gap/

⁦Recep Tayyip Erdoğan⁩ has developed ‘a regime…where even the director of an institution in Istanbul cannot use his authority without a political instruction,’ İmamoğlu said. ‘But I think this election has ultimately condemned and rejected this whole method’ on.ft.com/49x2lJs

Two killer FT jobs being advertised externally, working with the amazing kadhim (＾ｰ^)ノ and Helen Thomas: Deputy UK news editor boards.eu.greenhouse.io/financialtimes… and Lex writer in San Francisco boards.eu.greenhouse.io/financialtimes…

My first Big Read for the Financial Times:

on.ft.com/4ajRlQU

As NATO celebrates 75 years of existence, one man stands out as the alliance's biggest benefactor.

This man is Vladimir Putin

Here are 5️⃣ recent developments that prove this point:

Quick, free and smart catchup on Japan from terrific Tokyo watchers ⁦Leo Lewis⁩ and ⁦Kana Inagaki⁩ talking to ⁦Gideon Rachman⁩ 🇯🇵 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the…

‘Should Labour win the election expected this year…the industry would be formally nationalised, albeit only gradually as the majority of contracts come to an end during the next parliament’ on.ft.com/3vvzZ4C

‘Bank Leumi, Israel’s largest lender, froze the account of Gisha, a rights group, because it funded a programme offering legal advice to Gazans seeking permits to enter Israel. The bank also objected to “public messaging” warning against war crimes’ on.ft.com/3TJ9u3p

‘Close to two-thirds of Floridians support abortion rights. Roughly the same applies nationwide. Which raises the question why Republicans are pushing so hard on a sure election loser. The answer is the party’s evangelical tail is wagging the party’s dog’ on.ft.com/43Hu2hm

The dilemma for traditional American TV news networks that can no longer afford expensive reported packages: ‘We’re gonna tell u the truth even if it means losing a large part of the country’ via ⁦Michael Barbaro⁩ podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the…

Turkey shows it still has some democratic backbone but brace for ⁦Recep Tayyip Erdoğan⁩ attempt to try to ‘fix’ this result unless he’s a) tired/b) expecting the opposition to crumble/c) is now looking to shore up his place in history on.ft.com/4acXDSh

Christian influence grows as Britain’s Conservative party shifts rightward on.ft.com/3J176jW

Russian state television promises that Ukraine will be turned into a place without electricity, light, power, a permanent war zone. That's the plan for 'peace.'

The thing about Turkey is it doesn’t let you sink into total hopelessness. Just as you think “it’s over for good”, people are like “nope, it’s not over until we say so!”

The incisive Pilita Clark is bang right
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The UK could be a winner from clean energy but the gravity of incumbency is causing real risk
Can policymakers deliver reforms which benefit consumers & innovators or will Britain again throw away a leading position?